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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceVirginia
County/ParishMontgomery
Latitude37.160134
Longitude-80.401153
Institution CodeVpi
Collection CodeVtec
Catalog NumberVtec000004927
Collected ByT. X. Lin
Date Collected1986-07-27

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Insect Collection
http://collection.ento.vt.edu/

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Insect Collection is the oldest and largest entomological collection in Virginia. Founded in 1888 by W.B. Alwood at the university’s first experimental station with just a few insects collected from his apple orchards, the collection now composes more than 500,000 specimens. The collection contains many entomological treasures like American Burying Beetles collected from Blacksburg in 1889 (now extinct from the state), colorful Malaysian butterflies, a herbarium of plant pests, and an extensive slide collection of 50,000 soil mites. In addition to pinned dried specimens, the VTEC holds an alcohol collection of aquatic insects and Appalachian millipedes.

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Name Paul Marek
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Name Neil
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RoleCollection Manager
Emailpmarek@vt.edu
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